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V RAILWAY BAIL AND FI SH JOINT (inc- FOR RAILWAY RAILS. No. 284,155. Patented Aug. 28, 1883 AW i i l UNITED STATES i PATENT OFFICE FREDERICK OHARLESFWINBLOF WESTMINSTER, ENGLAND.

RAILWAY-RAIL AND FlSH-JOlNT, &c., FOR RAILWAY-RAILS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Lett rsraeem no. 284,155, dated nu ustes, 1883,

Application filed February 17, 1883. (No model.) Patented in England June 7, 1882, No. 2,678.

To aZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK CHARLES WVINBY, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at Palace Chambers, St. Stephens,

in the city of Westminster, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Rails and in Fish-Joints and Fish- Joint Ohairsfor RailwayRails, (for which I r i have received Letters Patent in Great Britain,

No. 2,678, dated J une" 7, 1882,) of whichthe following is a specification.

v the top and bottomof the fish-plates and the I in it, on each side at the ends of the rail, a

In order to giveadditional bearing-surface between fish-plates or the jaws of fish-joint chairs and the rails of railways I reduce the thickness of the vertical web of the rail at the rail ends where the fish-plates are to be secured to it- This allows of the fish-plates being made thicker along their top and bottom edges where they abut against the head and foot of the rails, and in this way a greater extent of bearing-surface is obtained between head and foot of the rails, respectively. It is I not necessary that the whole depth of the web of the rail should thus be reduced in thicknessy but by the best plan the web has made groove where it meets the head, and another groove where it meets the foot, the central part of the web at the ends of the rail being left unaltered. The inner sides of the fishplates or jaws are made with projections corresponding withthe grooves in the rail ends,

. these projections being made at the top and the bottom edges of the fish-plates, the intermediate portions of the inner faces of said plates being grooved or depressed correspondingly with the amount of their projections.

' The fish-plates may be rolled with the projections on them. The grooves 011 the opposite sides of the rail-web at the rail ends may be produced by means of circular cutters or saws,

\ or they may be molded upon the sides of the web by a press, or. may be produced at the time when the rail is being rolled. The fishplates may be formed either with or without prolongations extending belowthe foot of the rails, as desired. gether the two fish-plates which areon the opposite'sides of the rails by a connection below the rails, and I make this connection to In'some cases I connect to extend outward along each side so as to form :a joint-chair which may be made to rest 011 a sleeper or directly upon the ballast, if preferred,

vation of the ends of two rails coupled together by'fi sh-plates formed as above de- Figures 1 show a cross-section and side elescribed. Figs. 2 show similar views of a-fishjoint in which the fish-plates are made to lap.

under the foot of the rails. Figs. 3 show similar views ofa fish-joint in which the fish plates are not only made to lap under the foot of the rails, but are also prolonged for a distance downward. Figs. 4 show similar views of a fish-joint in which the fish-plates. are at the bottom held by a wedge-piece into a j ointchair. Figs. 5; 6, 7, and 8 show similar views of other fish-j oints, in which the fish-plates are held into chairs of different forms and coin structions, the nature of which is clearly shown by the several figures. I

In each of the examples shown the inner face of that part of the fish-plates which is to abut against the vertical web of the rail is made with a longitudinal groove in it along its center, so producing two longitudinal 'pro- I jections along the inner face of this part of the fishplate, one along the top, the other along the bottom. On both sides of the rails at their ends longitudinal grooves corresponding to these longitudinal projections are formed, as above described, in the vertical web. The fish-plates are as usual secured by bolts and nuts to the sides of the rails.

In each of the figures the rails are shown to be of the same section, but they might be of other sections. By forming the longitudinal grooves in the sides of the web at the end of the rails in the manner above described, just above and below the foot and head of the rails, respectively, the radius curve between the head or foot and webcan be diminished where the grooves are formed. This gives still more extended bearingsurface than if the same curvature were maintained.

In Fig. 4 the fish-plates are at the bottom locked together and prevented from bending outward away from one another by a chair, A,

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gether in a somewhat similar chair by wedgekeys B. i In both these arrangements the chairs are designed only to lock together the lower parts of the two fish-plates on the two sides of the rails, and not to take any bearing upon the ballast.

In Fig. 6 the-chair A is shown to be of a form to rest on and be affixed in the ordinary manner to a wooden sleeper. The fish-plates are also wedged and held in the chair by a wooden key, B. In Figs. 7 and 8 the chairs A are shown to be of a form to rest upon the ballast and so give support to the joint. In all cases the chairs have the fish-plates tightly secured in them by means of wedges or wedging' devices, it should be noticed.

Having thus described the nature of my invention, and the manner of performing the same, I would have it understood that I claini- 1. A railwayrail constructed, as described, with the grooves at its ends in its web, respectively just below the head and just above the foot of the rail, to receive the projections at their tops and bottoms to enter the grooves of the rails, as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination of the rails, the fishplates provided with projections on their inner faces engaging with grooves at the ends of the rails in their webs, respectively just below the heads and just above the feet of the rails, the chair, and the means by which the fish-plates are wedged in the chair, as and for the purpose described. I

FREDERICK OHARIDES WVINBYQ Witnesses? J. WATT, G. W.- WEsrLEY,

Both of 17 Graceclmrch St, London. 

